The Veteran's appeals for dental condition and cricopharyngeal spasm have been dismissed. The appeal based on the February 2004 rating decision granting service connection for depression with an effective date of June 10, 2003 has also been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for dental condition and cricopharyngeal spasm in March 2019. The February 2004 rating decision granting service connection for depression was not found to contain CUE.
- Claimed conditions
- rotted teeth, sore throat
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19191880
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motions for revision of clear and unmistakable error in various rating decisions, including those related to service connection and ratings for multiple conditions. The claims for service connection were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all of the Veteran's claimed conditions, including Hepatitis C, angina, bone cancer, an acquired psychiatric disorder (likely depression or anxiety), erectile dysfunction, GERD, herpes, hypertension, jaw disability, left arm disability, left knee disability, left leg disability, left shoulder disability, lung cancer, prostate cancer, sinusitis, and sore throat. The Board found that there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology for any of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for ear popping, a sore throat, a sinus disability, and skin disabilities of the hands, lower lip, and scalp, as well as onychomycosis of the right great toenail and a left great toe disability were not supported by competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service or any in-service exposure to tear gas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the veteran's claim requires additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting a VA examination to determine if he currently has a disability manifested by a sore throat and coughing up blood. The appeal is REMANDED for these actions.
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